Hurricane Emilie 07/1994 - Hurricane Emilia as seen from the space shuttle 07/1994 - Hurricane...

Hurricane Emilie 07/1994 - Hurricane Emilia as seen from the space shuttle 07/1994 - Hurricane Emilie over the Pacific Ocean seen by Shuttle Columbia in July 1994. STS - 65 Earth observation taken aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, shows Hurricane Emilia in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Emilia's wind speeds exceeded 150 knots. This high oblique view of the storm shows numerous spiral bands of thunderstorms, overshooting thunderstorm tops at the tropopause, and a well developed eye at the center of the picture. Shuttle photography provides high resolution details of these powerful and destructive systems that are not fully possible from lower - resolution, unmanned satellites